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1866. 



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EASTON, PA. 



PARDEE SCIENTIFIC COURSE 



COLLEGE CALENDAR. 



1866. >,„ 

January 11, Thursday. Term commences. ' ' 

April 11, Wednesday. Term ends. 

Vacation of Three Weeks. 

May 3, Thursday. Term commences. 

July 22, Sunday, A. M. Baccalaureate Sermon. 

July 22, Sunday, P. M. Sermon before the Brainerd Missionary Society, by the 

Rev. Thomas Brainerd, D. D., of Philadelphia. 
July 23, Monday, P. M. Junior Exhibition. 

July 24, Tuesday, A. M. Re-union meetings of the Literary Societies. 
July 24, Tuesday, P. M. Address of Prof. H. T. Lee, (late Major 4th Reg. N. Y. 
Artillery,) commemorative of the part taken by the Alumni 
in the late war for the Union. 
July 24, Tuesday, P. M. Meeting of the Society of Alumni. 

July 24, Tuesday, Evening. Oration before the Washington and Franklin Literary 

Societies, by Rev. William S. Plumer, D. D., of 
Pottsville. 
July 25, Wednesday. Commencement Exercises. 

Vacation of Six Weeks, 

September 5, Wednesday. Examination for admission. 
September 6, Thursday, Term commences. 
December 12, Wednesday. Term ends. 

Vacation of Four Weeks. 

1867. 

January 10, Thursday. Term commences. 
April 10, Wednesday. Term ends. 



IN LAFAYETTE COLLEGE. 


3 


TEUSTEES. 


• 


Hon. JAMES POLLOCK, LL.D., President, 


Philadelphia, 


Rev. S. M. ANDREWS, D. D., Secretary, 


Doylestown. 


Rev. SEPTIMUS TUSTIN, D. D., 


Washington City. 


Rev. D. J. WALLER, 


Bloomsburo. 


Rev. ROBERT D. MORRIS, 


Oxford, Ohio. 


Rev. ROBERT HAMILL, 


BOALSBURG. 


AVILLIAM C. LAWSON, Esq., 


Milton. 


JAMES McKEEN, Esq., 


Easton. 


MATTHEW HALE JONES, Esq., 


<( 


McEVERS FpRMAN, Esq., 


(( 


Rev. J. B. SPOTSWOOD, D. D., 


New Castle, Del. 


Rev. SAMUEL F. COLT, 


Pottsville. 


Rev. AARON H. HAND, D. D., 


Bloomsbury, N. J. 


Rev. WILLIAM C. CATTELL, D. D., 


Easton. 


Col. JAMES R. SNOWDEN, 


Philadelphia. 


Hon. ALEXANDER JORDAN, 


SUNBURY. 


Rev. MILO J. HICKOK, D. D., 


SCRANTON. 


A. PARDEE, Esq., 


Hazleton. 


ALFRED MARTIEN, Esq., 


Philadelphia. 


Rev. J. H. M. KNOX, D. D., 


Germantown. 


JOHN F. McCOY, Esq., 


New York. 


BARTON H. JENKS, Esq., 


Philadelphia. 


THOMAS BEAVER, Esq., 


Danville. 


JOSEPH H. SCRANTON, Esq., 


SCRANTON. 


JOHN WELLES HOLLENBACK, Esq., 


WiLKESBARRE. 


GEORGE W. FAHNESTOCK, Esq., 


Philadelphia. 


Hon. JAMES MORRISON HARRIS, 


Baltimore, Md. 


CoL. WILLIAM DORRIS, Jr., 


Huntingdon. 


MORRIS PATTERSON, Esq., 


Philadelphia. 


Dr. JOHN CURWEN, 


Harrisbubgh. 


TREASURER, 




Prof. JAMES H. COFFIN, 


Easton, Pa. 



PARDEE SCIENTIEIO COURSE 



MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY. 



Eev. WILLIAM C. GATTELL, D. D., President, 

AND PROFESSOR OF MENTAL AND MORAL PHILOSOPHY. 

. Rev. aEORGE JUNKIN, D. D., LL.D., 

EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF METAPHYSICS AND LECTURER ON POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY. 



TRAILL GREEN, M. D., 

ADAMSON PROFESSOR OF GENERAL AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY. 



JAMES H. COFFIN, LL.D., 

PARDEE PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS AND ASTRONOMY. 

Rev. GEORGE BURROWES, D.D., 

PROFESSOR OF BIBLICAL INSTRUCTION. 



FRANCIS A. MARCH, A. M., 

PROFESSOR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPARATIVE PHILOLOGY. 

Rev. JOHN LEAMAN, A.M., M.D., 

PROFESSOR OF ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY. 



Rev. JAMES R. ECKARD, D. D., 

PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AND RHETORIC. 

Rev. LYMAN COLEMAN," D. D., 

PROFESSOR OF ANCIENT LANGUAGES AND OF BIBLICAL AND PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 



IN LAFAYETTE COLLEGE. 



Rev. henry S. OSBORN, LL.D., 

PROFESSOR OF MINING AND METALLURGY. 



PROFESSOR OF CIVIL AND TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEERING. 
PROFESSOR OF MECHANICS AND EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY. 

Rev. THOMAS C. PORTER, D. D., 

PROFESSOR OF BOTANY AND ZOOLOGY. 
PROFESSOR OF MODERN LANGUAGES. 

CHARLES H. HITCHCOCK, A. M., 

PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY. 

HENRY THOMAS LEE, A. M., 

• PROFESSOR OF PHYSICAL CULTURE, AND ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF RHETORIC. 

ROBERT BARBER YOUNGMAN, A. M., 

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF LATIN AND GREEK. 



SELDEN JENNINGS COFFIN, A. M. 

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS. 



WILLIAM GROVE MEIGS, A. M., 

TUTOR IN ENGINEERING. 

JAMES W. MOORE, A. B., 

TUTOR IN MATHEMATICS. 



C. L. REHN, A. M., 

CURATOR OF THE MUSEUMS AND CABINETS. 



PARDEE SCIENTIFIC COURSE 



VISITORS APPOINTED BY THE SYNOD. 



Key. R. M. Wallace', 
Rev. Roger Owen, 
Rev. Alexander Reed, D.D., 
Rev. Matthew ISfEWKiRK, 
Hon. John A. Gamble, 
Saunders McCullough, Esq., 
Hon. Samuel Linn, 



Alto ON A. 
Chestnut Hill. 
Philadelphia. • 
Downingtown. 
Jersey. Shore, 
puseyville. 
Bellefonte. 



BOARD OF EXAMINERS 



FOE THE PARDEE SCIENTIFIC COURSE. 



John W. Garrett, Esq., 
Ashbel Welch, Esq., 
Charles F. Norton, Esq., 
Selden T. Scranton, Esq., 
A. A. Douglas, Esq., 



Baltimore, Md. 
Lambertville, N. J. 
Philadelphia. 
Oxford Eurnace, N. J. 

Mauch Chunk. 



IN LAFAYETTE COLLEGE. 



GEIERAL STATEMENT. 



The Classical course is the same as the Undergraduate course of our 
best colleges; it will be pursued here, as it has so loug been, as the regular 
introduction to the special professional study of Theology, Medicine, and 
Law, and also as a thoroughly .tried means of securing the culture and 
elevation of mind, and of imparting the useful and liberal learning which 
becomes a Christian scholar.* 

It is evident, however, that the ^number of students .in our country is 
great, and constantly increasing, who wish to study the Natural Sciences, 
, Mathematics, Modern Languages and Literature, History, Rhetoric, Logic, 
and Mental and Moral Philosophy, as thoroughly as they are studied in 
our best colleges, and who would be glad to enjoy the cultivation and 
learned habits and associations of college life, but who will not study 
Greek and Latin. 

To secure these advantages for such as prefer to pursue their^ studies at 
Lafayette College, A. Pardee, Esq., of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, has placed 
in the hands of the Trustees the sum of $100,0t)0. This has enabled the 
Board, during the present year, to add to the Faculty of the College emi- 
nent instructors in the various departments of Physical Science, and the 
munificence of the citizens of Easton and of friends of the- College else- 
where, has supplied funds for the buildings and apparatiis necessary for a 
thorough Course of Instruction in the studies above mentioned. The 
Trustees have accordingly established such a course under the name of 
the Pardee Scientific Course in Lafayette College. 

The Trustees of the College are deeply impressed with the thought that 
our present collegiate system has grown up under the fostering care of the 
Church, and that the relations of our old college studies to manly culture 

* The College Catalogue, containing the Courses of Study, may be hs«l on application to any member 
of the Faculty. 



PARDEE SCIENTIFIC COURSE 



and religious training, have been studied by generations of Christian edu- 
cators. They have therefore taken care that the new course shall not be 
removed from the old land-marks, and that as far as possible the old ap- 
proved methods of instruction shall be used in all the departments of study. 
It will be found that the new course includes all the studies of the old, 
except the Ancient Languages, and it is believed that the method of teach- 
ing English and other Modern Languages, which has been for some years in 
use in the College, may be so adapted to the students of the new course as 
to give in a good degree the same kind of discipline that is derived from 
the study of Grreek and Latin. 

In addition to this general Scientific Course, which is designed to 
lay a substantial basis of knowledge and scholarly culture, optional studies 
are arranged for th'e Senior year and for a post-graduate course, so 
that the students may, if they choose, devote themselves to studies essen- 
tially practical and technical, viz., Engineering, Civil, Topographical 
and Mechanical; Mining and Metallurgy; Architecture; and the 
application of Chemistry to Agriculture and the Arts. There will 
also be afforded an opportunity for special study of Trade and Commerce; 
of Physical Science; of Modern Languages a^d Philology; and of 
the History and Institutions of our -own country. 

It is perhaps scarcely necessary to add that the Board intend that the 
whole Scientific Course shall have the Christian character which they 
have endeavoured to impress .upon the studies of the College, and that 
science shall be here so taught as to become the handmaid of religion. 
All the departments will be in the hands of Christian scholars, who will 
not" fail to improve, in their various instructions, the opportunity con- 
stantly recurring of directing the student from Nature to Nature's Grod. 
But in addition to this and also to the systematic and thorough study of 
the Word of Grod in all the classes, both of the Classical and Scientific 
Course, special lectures will be given upon the connection of Science with 
Revealed Religion, that the student may be thoroughly informed upon 
the issues that are made, and be prepared to meet the arguments from 
Physical Science, by which our common Christianity is usually assailed. . 



IN LAFAYETTE COLLEGE. 



TERMS OF ADMISSION. 



Candidates for admission to the Freshman class for the Scientific Course 
are examined in Geography, Ancient and Modern; Arithmetic; Algebra, 
through Simple Equations; English Grammar; the outlines of History, 
and the general contents of the Bible. 

Candidates for advanced standing, are also examined in the studies gone 
over by the class which they propose to enter; but no student will be 
admitted to the Senior class after the beginning of the second session. 

Any person who is prepared to pursue the advanced studies in Engineer- 
ing, Mining, Chemistry, or Philology, may be received as a special student. 

Testimonials of good moral character are in all cases required; and those 
coming from other Colleges must produce certificates of dismission in good 
standing. All those who enter on tefnporary scholarships must produce 
certificates for the same, and have their entrance endorsed thereon. 

No student is considered a regular member of College, until he has been 
matriculated, after a probation of thirty days, during which time he is 
subject to the laws of the College. 

By a resolution of the Board of Trustees, every student is required to 
sign a pledge that, during his College coui'se, he will have no connection 
with any secret society, withoitt previous permission of the Faculty. 

No one can be admitted to the Freshman class vintil he has completed 
his fourteenth year ; and no one to advanced standing without a corres- 
ponding increase of age. 



COURSE OF INSTRUCTION. 



FRESHMAN YEAR. 



FIRST TERM. 



SECOND TERM. 



THIRD TERM. 



Algebra. 

French. 

Anatomy and Physiology. 

Ancient Geography. 

English Composition. 

Elocution. 

Old Testament. 

Lectures on Health. 

Geographical Drawing. 



Geometry. 
German. 
Chemistry. 
Greek Antiquities. 
English Composition. 
Elocution. 
Old Testament. 
Biblical Geography. 
Geometrical Drawing. 



Algebra. 

Geometry. 

Modern Languages. 

Roman Antiquities. 

Botany. 

English Composition. 

Elocution. 

New Testament. 

Biblical Geography. 

Geometrical Drawing. 





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SOPHOMORE YEAR 




FIRST TERM. 


SECOND TERM. 


THIRD TERM. 


Plane Trigonometry. 

Zoology. 

Trench on the Study of 

Words. 
French. 

English, Bunyan. 
Rhetoric. 

Acts of the Apostles. 
Declamations and Themes. 
Drawing in Zoology. 
Taxidermy. 


Conic Sections. 
Mensuration. 
Chemistry. 
German. 

English, Spenser. 
Acts of the Apostles. 
Geometrical and Topo- 
graphical Drawing. 
Declamations & Themes. 


Navigation. 

Surveying. 

Botany. 

Political Economy. 

Logic. 

English, Chaucer. 

Biblical Antiquities. 

Drawing of Plants. 

Declamations & Themes. 


JUNIOR YEAR. 


FIRST TERM. 


SECOND TERM. 


THIRD TERM. 


Analytical Geometry. 
Calculus. 
German. 

English, Daniel Webster. 
History. 

New Testament Epistles. 
Geometrical and Topo- 
graphical Drawing. 
Declamations & Themes. 


Natural Philosophy. 
Anglo-Saxon. 
English, Milton. 
Constitution of U. S. 
Political Philosophy. 
French. 

New Test. Epistles. 
Linear Perspective. 
Declamations & Themes. 


Natural Philosophy. 
Mineralogy. 
Anglo Saxon. 
Modern Languages. 
English, Shakespeare. 
New Test. Epistles. 
Machine Drafting. 
Declamations & Theines. 


SENIOR YEAR. 


FIRST TERM. 


SECOND TERBI. 


THIRD TERM. 


JNIental Philosophy. 

Natural Philosophy. 

Spherical Trigonometry. 

Chemistry. 

Modern Languages and 
Literature. 

Confession of Faith. 

Themes and Extemporane- 
ous Speaking. 


Moral Philosophy. 
Evidences of Christian- 
ity. 
Astronomy. 

Geology & Phys. Geog. 
Anatomy & Physiology. 
History. 
Rhetoric, 

English Literature. 
Confession of Faith. 
Themes, etc. 


Butler's Analogy. 

Astronomy. 

Geology and Physical 

Geography. 
Natural History. 
Archaaology of Literature. 
Architecture. 
Comparative Philology. 
Themes, etc. 


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In place of the general course of the Senior year, those students who 
desire to pursue technical and professional studies may substitute any one 
of the following courses by giving notice to the President before the close 
of the Junior year. 



ENGINEERING COURSE. 



FIRST TERM. 



SECOND TERM. 



THIRD TERM. 



Spherical Trigonometry. 

Mechanics; Theory of 
Machines, Strength and 
Stability of Structures, 
and Mechanics of Fluids. 

Problems in Stone Cutting 
and Constructions. 

Geology and Physical Geo- 
graphy. 

Drawing Maps of Hydro- 
graphical Surveys. 

Mental Philosophy. 

Biblical Exercise. 



Astronomy. 

Geology and Physical 
Geography. 

Road Engineering ; The- 
ory and Practice. 

Construction of Engineer- 
ing and Architectural 
Works. 

Theory of Machines. 

Machine Drafting. 

Moi'al Philosophy. 

Evidences of Christianity. 



Astronomy. 

Construction of Engineer- 
ing and Architectural 
Works. 

Designs for, and Examina- 
tions of Special Works. 

Plans, Profiles, and Sec- 
tions of Railway Sur- 
veys. 

General Reviews. 



CHEMICAL COURSE. 



FIRST TERM. 



Geology and Physical Geo- 
graphy. 

Mineralogy. 

Technical Chemistry; Qual- 
itative and Quantitative 
Analysis. 

Determinative Mineralogy. 

Mental Philosophy. 

Biblical Exercise. 



SECOND TERM. 



THIRD TERM. 



Astronomy. 

Technical Chemistry. 

Assaying. 

Geology and Physical 
Geography. 

Construction of Chemical 
Works. 

Moral Philosophy. 

Evidences of Christian- 
ity. 



Astronomy. 

Technical Chemistry. 

Special applications of 
Chemistry in Agricul- 
ture and the Arts. 

Natural History. 

Geology and Physical Geo- 
graphy. 

General Reviews. 



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PARDEE SCIENTIFIC COURSE 



MINING COURSE. 



FIRST TERM. 



SECOND TERM. 



THIRD TERM. 



Mechanics ; Theory of Ma- 
chines and Mining 
Tools, Strength and 
Stability of Structures, 
Practical Hydraulics, 
Practical Pneumatics. 

Geology and Physical Geo- 
graphy. 

Technical Chemistry; Qual- 
itative and Quantitative 
Analysis; Use of the 
Blow-pipe. 

Determinative Mineralogy. 

Mental Philosophy. 

Biblical Exercise. 



Geology and Physical 

Geography. 
Assaying. 
Metallurgy. 

Construction of Furnaces. 
Survey and Exploitation 

of Mines. 
Astronomy. 
Moral Philosophy. 
Evidences of Christianity. 



Construction and Engi- 
neering of Mines. 

Plans, Profiles, and Sec- 
tions of Mines. 

Examination of Mines and 
Mining Works. 

Treatment of Special Ores. 

Natural History. 

Geology a,nd Physical 
Geography. 

General Reviews. 



Resident Grraduates, and others having suitable preparation, may pursue 
the special studies of any Department in a Post-GtRAduate Course, 
under the direction and instruction of the Professor of that Department, 
and have the use of the Laboratories, Apparatus, Collections, Library, &c., 
while prosecuting researches in any Department. These studies and 
researches will not be confined to any fixed Course. Their general range 
may be found on pages 15 — -16. Particular information may be obtained 
.by addressing the President. 



IN LAFAYETTE COLLEGE. 



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SUMMARY OF EXERCISES OF PRACTICE. 



Astronomy. 
Botany. 

Chemistry. 

Drawing. 

Engineering. 

Geology. 
Mineralogy. 

Mining. 



Oratory. 



Physical ) 
Culture, j 

Surveys. 



Themes. 
Zoology. 



Use of Instruments, Working of Observatory. 

Field Excursions; preparation of herbarium; original 

description and drawing of plants, etc. 

» 

Manipulatioils in the Laboratory throughout the course. 

Throughout the course. 

Visits to works, and reports on them, giving plans, etc.; 
construction of models. 

Field excursions. 

Field excursion*; manipulations of minerals, rocks, and 
metallurgical specimens; with the use of the blow- 
pipe. . . 

In the advanced course of Mining and Chemistry, applica- 
tion will be made in behalf of some of the best stu- 
dents to work during vacation in particular mines or 
manufactories. 

Declamations in class every week. A public exercise 
every Thursday morning in Chapel, at which all the 
students are present, and the classes speak by divi- 
sions. Seniors deliver original compositions. 

Exercises in the Grymnasium through the course. 

Levelling; calculation of excavations; surface, and under- 
ground surveys; visits to mines and metallurgical 
works. 

Original compositions upon' assigned subjects. 

Taxidermy; Drawing. 



14 PARDEE SCIENTiriC COURSE 

•BUILDINGS AND COLLECTIONS. 

A handsome and commodious building for the Chemical department has 
been erected by the liberality of B. H. Jenks, Esq., of Bridesburg, and 
is fitting up, with all the most approved modern appliances, for operation 
in inorganic, organic, and analytical Chemistry, and especially in Assaying, 
and Metallurgy. 

The Astronomical Observatory, which has just been erected for the 
College by the liberality of Professor Traill Green, consists of a Tower 
and two Transit Rooms, with a Lecture Room attached. It is fitted up 
with a revolving dome and telescope, a transit instrument, and other 
apparatus for the observation of astronomical facts, and for the thorough 
study of Astronomy. 

The citizens of Easton are now erecting spacious additions to the main 
College building, in which, besides additional rooms for the accommoda- 
tion of students, there will be large Halls appropriated to Museums and 
Cabinets. These, when completed, are designed to illustrate all the 
departments of Natural Science, especially Mineralogy and Lithology, 
Geology and Palaeontology, Botany and Zoology. Collections are also 
making of models and drawings of furnaces, mining tools^ machines, and 
structures instructive to the Engineer and Architect. 

During the last year the College Cabinets have received large and val- 
uable additions, through the liberality of the friends of the Institution; 
among whom we would especially mention Col. William Dorris, Hun- 
tingdon; Mr. Calvin Pardee, Hazleton; Mr. William W. Scranton, 
Scranton; and Rev. Thomas L. Janeway, Flemington, N. J. 

The Trustees would earnestly call the attention of the Alumni and 
friends of the College to this subject, and would beg them to unite in the 
eflfort now making to increase the Library and to complete these Collec- 
tions at an early day. 



IN LAFAYETTE COLLEGE. 15 



SPECIAL KEMARKS. 



ENGINEERING. 

CIVIL, TOPOGRAPHICAL, MECHANICAL. 

The studies of tliis department in the Senior year and the Post- 
graduate Course, are designed to giveprof'essional preparation for the 
location, construction and superintendence of Railways, Canals, and other 
Public Works; Chemical Works and Pneumatic Works; the design and 
construction of Bridges; the trigonometrical and topographical survey of 
States, Counties, etc.; the survey of Eivers, Lakes, Harbors, etc., and the 
direction of their improvements; the determination of Latitude, Longitude, 
Time, and the Meridian; the design, construction, and use of Steam En- 
gines and other Motors, and of machines in general; and the construction 
of geometrical, topographical, and machine drawings. 

3I1NING. 

This department offers the means of special preparation for exploring 
undeveloped mineral resources, and for taking charge of mining or 
metallurgical works. It includes instruction in lingineering as connected 
with the survey, exploitation, and construction of mines; with the con- 
struction and adjustment of furnaces and machines; and with machine 
drawing ; also instruction in Chemistry and Assaying, as applied to the 
manipulations of minerals. In addition to the general course, provision 
is made for advanced students who- wish to give special attention to any 
Branch of the subject, or to prepare themselves for- the charge of particular 
mines. Any person wh'd is prepared to pursue these studies with advan- 
tage may be received as a special student. 

CHEMISTRY. 

Students in this department are required to perform operations them- 
selves, every facility for which is found in the Laboratory of Jenks 
Chemical Hall. Particular attention is given to the Chemistry of Agri- 
culture, Medicine, Metallurgy, and the Manufacturing processes. Provi- 
sion is made for advanced students who may wish to make original 
researches, or to fit themselves to take charge of mines or manufactories, or 
to explore and work up the mineral resources of our own and other* coun- 
tries. Any person who is prepared to pursue these 'studies with advantage 
may be received as a special student. 



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LANGUAGES. 

The English Language is studied in the same way as the Latin and the 
Greek. An English classic, Milton's Paradise Lost, for example, is 
studied just as the' most skilful Professors of G-reek teach the Iliad of 
Homer. The text is minutely analysed, the idioms explored, and synonyms 
weighe'd; the mythology, biography, history, metaphysics, theology, geo- 
graphy, are all looked up; and whatever else is necessary, that every allu- 
sion may be comprehended. 

The character of the author, and his life and times are also studied, 
since these are necessary to a comprehension of -his work and his speech; 
and comparison is continually made with the . language of other great 
English authors, and of the English Bible; so that the relation of each 
author to English literature -and the English race may be carefully 
examined. 

The rhetorical laws of English Composition, and the principles of Epic 
and Dramatic art are applied to Milton, Shakespeare and other English 
Classics, line by line; and an attempt is made to comprehend the particular 
beauties and apprehend the general plan of the great representative works 
of English literature. 

The text is also made the foundation of more general study of language; 
the origin and history of recurring words, the laws by which words grow 
up from their roots in our language, the laws by which changes from one 
language to another are governed, are stamped on the mind by continual 
iteration; and an attempt is made to ground all these facts and laws in 
laws of mind, and of the organs of speech. 

For this best discipline and learning which modern philology enables 
us to draw from the study of languages, no language affords a better field 
than our own English : and it is believed that the culture in this depart- 
ment will be to a considerable extent a substitute in the Scientific course, 
for that derived from the study of Greek and Latin, as it is usually pur- 
sued in our colleges. 

Anglo-Saxon, German and French,* are studied in the same way, and 
all the languages of the course are systematically compared in the light of 
modern 'philology, so as to illustrate each other, and language in general. 

All graduates of the College, and any other persons who are prepared 
for such studies, may pursue the study of Comparative Philology, of the 
English Language and Literature, or of any other language taught to 
undergraduates, in a special post-graduate course. 

* These are regular studies in both the Classical and the Scientific Course. Italian, Spanish and 
Hebrew are optional. 



IN LAFAYETTE COLLEGE. 17 



PHYSICAL CULTURE. 

The design of this department is to secure healthful daily exercise and 
recreation to all the students, and to teach them the laws of health. It 
includes training in the use of the vocal organs, and in movement and 
manners as connected with oratory. This physical training is part of the 
regular College course. The daily exercises in the Gymnasium, after the 
most approved methods of instruction, are attended by all the classes as a 
regular college exercise, and under the immediate supervision of the Pro- 
fessor of Physical Culture. 

BIBLICAL INSTBUCTIOm 

It is not proposed to make the Holy Scriptures a subject of professional 
study, as in our Theological Schools, but there is careful provision made 
for such general instruction in its great truths, its history, antiquities, &c., 
as is essential to every liberally educated man. 

In the Freshman year, a general view of the contents of the Bible, and 
of each book, is given, with special attention to Chronology, History, and 
Geography. The Bible in English and Coleman's Biblical Geography are 
used as text-books. In the Sophomore year, the Acts of the Apostles are 
read, and special study is given to the lives and labors of the Apostles, and 
to the origin and antiquities of the Christian Church. In the Junior year, 
the Epistles of Paul are carefully studied, and in the Senior year the his- 
tory of translations of the Bible, especially the history of the English 
Bible, its merits and influences; the evidences of Christianity, with But- 
ler's Analogy, and the Confession of Faith. 

Throughout the course, the language of the English version is con- 
stantly examined, and referred to, as standard English. In Political 
Philosophy, reference is made to the Hebrew Commonwealth. The truths 
taught in the Bible in relation to the character, powers, and duties of man, 
are inculoated as fundamental in Mental and Moral Philosophy, and the 
Philosophy of History is identified with the History of Redemption. 

It ought to be added, that while the privileges of both the Classical and 
the Scientific course are offered to all young men of good moral character, 
•the Institution is under the influence and control of the Presbyterian 
Church, and that no religious instruction is given inconsistent with the 
standards and confessions of that denomination. 

RELIGIOUS EXERCISES. 

All the students attend prayers in the College _ Chapel morning and 
evening, and preaching on Sabbath afternoons. On Sabbath morning, 
students attend services in one of the churches of the Borough. Thursday 



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eveniag there is divine service conducted by' the President, or one of the 
Professors, which the students are invited, but not required, to attend. 

SOCIETIES. 

There are two Literary Societies in the College, the Washington and 
Franklin, which have spacious and well furnished Halls. Each Society 
has also a valuable library. 

The Brainerd Evangelical Society holds its anniversary, and has a 
public address, on Sabbath evening preceding Commencement. 

On the day preceding Commencement, the Literary Societies hold re- 
union meetings in the forenoon, and an oration is delivered before them in 
the evening. The Junior exhibition takes place on Monday evening pre- 
ceding Commencement. 

The Alumni Society is composed of graduates of the College and such 
of their classmates (who left College before graduation, and in good stand- 
ing) as may have been elected. The annual meeting is held in the College 
Chapel on Tuesday afternoon preceding Commencement day. 

The Reading Room is under the control of a Society for procuring and 
preserving standard periodicals .and books of reference. Any student may 
become a member.- Its hall is open daily (Sundays excepted) for general 
reading, out of study hours. 

LIBMAMIES. 

The College Library is open Wednesdays and Saturdays, at nine o'clock, 
A. M.; that of the Franklin Society, on Saturday afternoon ; of the Wash- 
ington Society, on Thursday morning; and of the Brainerd Society, at its 
regular meetings. 

TEM3IS AND VACATIONS. 

The College year is divided into three terms or sessions. The Annual 
Commencement is on the last Wednesday of July, and the first term of the 
next College year begins six weeks after, and continues fourteen weeks. 
A vacation of four weeks follows, after which the second term begins, and 
continues thirteen weeks. The last session commences on Thursday, twelve 
weeks preceding Commencement. For the Calendar, see page 2. 

Students are required tQ be present punctually at the commencement of 
each session, and are not allowed during term-time to be absent from town, 
except by written permission from the President or Faculty. 



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A record is kept of the punctuality, diligence, scholarsliip, and general 
behaviour of each student; a report of which is sent to the parent or 
guardian at the close of each session. 

EXAMINATIONS. 

All the classes are examined at the close of the first and the second 
session; the Senior class is examined six weeks before Commencement; 
the three lower classes the week preceding Commencement. 

DEGREES. 

Students who have completed the full course of four years, and passed 
a satisfactory final examination, and who have submitted to the Board of 
Examiners an approved Thesis upon a subject embraced in any of the 
Technical Courses, will be admitted to the degree of Bachelor of 
Science. 

Students who have been admitted to any part of the Scientific Course, 
and have passed satisfactory examinations therein, may obtain certificates 
of the same, on payment of the regular graduation fees, if they have been 
in attendance not less than one year. 

The degree of Master of Science is conferred (upon payment of the 
usual fee of $5) on any Bachelor who has pursued for two years the 
Post-Graduate Course of the College in any of the scientific departments, 
or who has elsewhere, for three or more years, engaged in scientific 
pursuits. 

EXPENSES. 

Tuition, per session, (to those not on scholarships,) - $15 00 
Fuel, " (average,) ... - - 5 00 

Room rent " " 3 50 

Incidental expenses, (servants' wages, &c.,) - - 1 75 • 

For the use of the Gymnasium, 1 ^^ 

For the use and increase of the Library, - - 100 

The matriculation or admission fee is $3; the fee for diploma, &c., at 
graduation is $G. The fees for students pursuing advanced studies in 
Chemistry, Mining, Engineering, &c., may be learned on application to 
the President. 

Apparatus for the use of students in the Chemical Laboratories will be 
furnished and charged in their account, and the charge cancelled for tha£ 
returned in good condition. Chemicals and all other materials will be 
charged according to the average cost. 

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College classes will hold good for tlie Scientific Course, unless the student, 
in the Senior year, shall select one of the professional courses, in which 
case he must pay for -that year one-half the regu.lar fee for tuition. 

No student is permitted to board at a public hotel; and in all cases the 
place of boarding must be approved by the Faculty. The price of board 
in clubs is from ^2.25 to $4.00 per week. This is, of course, a large 
advance on former prices. Before the war, boarding in some of the clubs 
was only $1.00 per week. Students obtain washing at about one dollar 
a month. 

Tuition, room-rent, incidentals, and charge for G-ymnasium and Library, 
must be paid each session in advance ; and no student is permitted to 
recite until the receipt of the Treasurer is obtained. The matriculation or 
admission fee is paid thirty days after entering College. Students furnish 
their own rooms. Some money for books and other incidental expenses 
will be needed; but it is strongly recommended that parents furnish their 
sons with little beyond what will meet their necessary expenses. 

Parents or guardians at a distance may deposite funds with some mem- 
ber of the Faculty, who will pay a particular attention to the pecuniary 
concerns of the student, settling his bills and transmitting an account of 
the expenditure; for which services he will charge a commission. 



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